A little something on Home Grow and the future thedailychronic.net/2014/34899/how-much-home-grow-to-allow-in-legal-marijuana-states/ HOW MUCH HOME GROW TO ALLOW IN LEGAL MARIJUANA STATES? By Terry Franklin July 26, 2014 When your state legalizes marijuana, how should the new repel law be written? Specifically, on the key question of home grow, how many plants should you be able to grow for yourself and friends? In one sense, the answer is obvious — as many as you want. If it’s legal, why should it matter to anyone how many? The law should not specify ANY number: “It shall be legal to possess, to use, and to produce for non-commercial distribution.” The main purpose of legalization is to end the raids, arrests, and the punishment of people for something that is not wrong. We don’t want the authorities to have the ability to raid your home in order to count your plants. But the world is not a perfect place, and ultimately it may prove impossible to pass legislation or an initiative in a particular state without a set number. I am speaking here solely of political realities. Business cartels and their cronies will also be wishing to push having limits — for their own monetary interests — and that must be resisted with every fiber of our being. No better example of this problem than the total criminalization of home grow in the Nevada initiative, if one lives within 25 miles of a store! But let us say that the legislators you have been dogging, or the group you are writing your initiative with, finds, through (a legitimate) poll or focus group, that a number is absolutely necessary in order to pass. What should it be? 8? 12? 99? Do your best working out a number — but one thing is crucial — it should not be 6. Too many states are going for 6 already. We must avoid this becoming a de facto standard. The laziness and inertia of government is immense. By routinely turning to 6, like a bad habit, we stymie further progress. The states are the testbed of experimentation. Variety is good, and continued improvement is the mission. Getting mired in a swamp of paltry sameness precludes that goal.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 16:37:51 +0000
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